Soon I will honor my parents by dying as they died. and if all they believed about death was true, soon I… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“A of my parents floats into my head the moment I close my eyes. Once when I was about 11 I stopped… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I also remember that my father was one of the people who voted to get the Dauntless out of the factionless sector… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Every part of my body chants it in unison. Live, live, live. I thought that in order to give my life in… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“And what this is, I realize, is life. I don't want it. I want my parents and I have for weeks. I've… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
But I killed a man just like my mother did. David says it’s okay because I didn’t mean to, and because he… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“My mother was from here. I can feel her in the walls, in the air. I can feel her settled inside me,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I look older. Maybe it's the short hair or maybe it's just that I wear all that has happened like a mask.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I can't be with… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“The hurts from my last day with my father are healed now, but I want to remember where they were; I want… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“And the transfer initiates with forgiving parents will be able to see them again too. I suspect mine will not be among… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Except now I think that she isn’t just beautiful in spite of the scar, she’s somehow beautiful with it, like Lynn with… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family. My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“And as I stare out at the land, I think that this, if nothing else, is compelling evidence for my parents’ God,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
My mother told me once that we can't survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn't want to. Without a faction… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I feel a thread tugging me again, but this time I know that it isn’t some sinister force dragging me toward death.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“My mother wasn’t a fool,” I say. “She just understood something you didn’t. That it’s not sacrifice if it’s someone else’s life… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I think it again: that Johanna Reyes might still be beautiful. Except now I think that she isn’t just beautiful in spite… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I was still afraid of him, I knew, but in a different way - I was no longer a child, afraid of… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
There are men with guns up there. When they see me, they will kill me, if they can," I tell my father… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I guess I always knew there was something wrong with me, but I thought it was because of my father, or my… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“was no longer a child, afraid of the threat my terrifying father posed to my safety. I was a man, afraid of… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Should i even bother scanning the crowd for my parents? I could turn around and go back to the dormitory. Then I… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“And as for going into a bookstore and not finding a book suitable for your 13-year-old...maybe you should do some research before… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
My parents did love each other. Enough to forsake plans and factions. Enough to defy “faction before blood.” Blood before faction--no, love… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“But my mother would tell me that people are flawed and I should be lenient with them.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
My father has a way of persuading people without charm that has always confused me. He states his opinions as if they’re… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I'm not going to pretend to know what's going on with you," he says. "But if you senselessly risk your life again… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I have never had parents who set good examples, parents whose expectations were worth living up to, but she did. I can… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“My mother wasn't a fool," I say. "She just understood something you didn't. That it's not sacrifice if it's someone else's life… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
But that wasn´t the first time I ever saw her. I saw her in the hallways at school, and at my mother’s… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“What makes you think you have the right to shoot someone?" my father says as he follows me up the path. We… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“My parents…They died today…They died for me. -Tris They loved you…To them there was no better way to show you. -Four” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
How strange that something so simple could have been instrumental in my decision to ruin one of my most relationships and friendships, and damage… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I was beginning to feel that I had finally found a place to stay, a place that was not so unstable or corrupt or… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“He acts so tough that he’s probably afraid of marshmallows and really bright sunrises or something. Overcompensating.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
You always look like someone's sucked the life right out of you when something fascinates you. -Tris — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Soon I will honor my parents by dying as they died. and if all they believed about death was true, soon I will join… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Mas lembre-se, já agora, que por vezes as pessoas que oprimimos tornam-se mais poderosas do que nós gostaríamos.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“am aware of how little space there is between us—six inches at most. That space feels charged with electricity. I feel like it should… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Oh, good,” I say, a sour taste in my mouth. “Heroism is what I was focused on. Not, you know, trying not to die.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Caleb frowns at him. "How old are you, anyway?" "Eighteen." "And you don't think you're too old to be with my little sister?" Tobias… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
